Tile-post



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TILE POST. No. 435,443. Patented Sgpt. 2, 1890,

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JOSEPH F. MARSHALL, OF HANOVER, OHIO.

TILE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,443, datedSeptember 2, 1890. Application filed May 26,1890. Serial No- 353,881.(No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH F. MARSHALL, a citizen of Hanover, in thecounty of Columbiana and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Tile- Posts, of which the following isaspecification.

This invention relates to posts composed of fire-clay or cement andsand, constituting an artificial post for fences, as a new article ofmanufacture.

In the accompanying drawing, the figure is a perspective View of afence-post, showing manner of setting same in the ground.

A represents a post, which may be molded in any tasteful form desirable.For a fencepost, or one to be set in the ground, I make a foot-flange a,and also provide branches or arms a a which may be at an angle from themain stem. These branches are made on two opposite sides and transversefrom the rails or wires, and are designed for bracing the post againstany side swaying.

In setting these posts fiat stones 1) b are used for footings for thebranches to rest upon.

These posts may be made hollow in their base or throughout their entirelength.

The material from which these posts are made is fire-clay, or acomposition of cement and sand, or similar suitable material, suitablymolded, burned, glazed, or vitrified, in like manner to other tilearticles.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, isp The herein-described composition or tile post,consisting of a post molded of fire-clay or cements, and provided withbase a and branches a a as a new article of manufacture, substantiallyas and for the purposes set forth.

JOSEPH F. MARSHALL.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. TIBBITTS, S. H. RICHARDSON.

